Guide and FAQ for GTA:VC
Written by James Daniels
My progress in the  game: 100%-I am done
E-mail:jamieboydan@aol.com
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INTRODUCTION
This is an awesome game. Now I think this game had WAY too  much hype about
it, it only has one city! There aren't as many missions and  things to do. It
is sort of a mini-version of GTA3, but it is expanded. You can  now fly
helicopters; there are more cars, weapons, characters, and better  graphics. While it
doesn't have the amount of gameplay that GTA3 does and it  isn't as
groundbreaking, it is still a Grand Theft Auto game and that means it  is awesome.
Okay, a little information about e-mail. I'm sorry if I can't answer  all of your
questions because I have a busy schedule and I still will try my  best to
update this FAQ as much as possible. I probably won't know much more  then my FAQ
says, but you are welcome to ask. If I don't know, I will respond,  but I will
simply say that I don't know. NO HATE MAILS! PLEASE READ THE GUIDE  BEFORE
ASKING QUESTIONS! I will simply delete any e-mail that is answered in the  FAQ.
Just don't do it and we will be all peachy. Also, DON'T SEND ME SPAM.Now,
where was I? Oh yes, the following sites have permission to use my guide:
_www.cheatplanet.com_ (http://www.cheatplanet.com)
_www.gamespot.com_ (http://www.gamespot.com)
I'll let you use it if just ask. NOTE: *This FAQ contains spoilers, so read
at your own risk!!*
STORY
Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a  long
stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old  boss,
Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in
Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go
smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice
City.  He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his
money  back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians
stand in his  way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is
to fight  back and take over the city himself. As a major gateway to South
America and the  Caribbean and attracting migrants, Vice City is brimming with
driverse  characters, so there's a friend for everyone. It is a sociable place
and the new  guy in town is sure to meet all manner of friendly people in the
sunshine  capital of America. Athletes, pop stars, real estate developers,
politicians,  trailer trash, everyone is moving to Vice City to find out what
makes it the  number one growth city in America. But, as Tommy quickly finds out,
trust is  still the rarest of commodities. GTA: Vice City is not a sequel to
GTA3. It's  not a prequel either. Vice City is it's own game and story. It
takes place in  Miami, Florida (nicknamed Vice City) in the 1980s. You play as
Tommy Vercetti, a  former low-level mobster for the Forelli brothers, who has
recently been  released from an extended sentence in prison. He was busted
during a drug  operation and got a 15-year sentence. For not ratting out the
Forellis, Sonny  Forelli has rewarded Tommy by sending him to Vice City to expand
the Forelli  criminal empire. Tommy's first big deal goes terribly wrong, and he
quickly  discovers that he has lost the cash that the Forellis had entrusted
to him for  their Vice City crime operations. Sonny Forelli is not at all
happy by this  news, and demands that Tommy get the money back. Through his
relationship with  Ken Rosenberg, a shady lawyer with huge connections in the Vice
City underworld,  Tommy finds himself a bit of luck. Rosenberg aids Tommy by
outfitting him with a  sweet pastel suit and giving him an invitation to a boat
party - one that many  big bosses of the Vice City criminal community will be
attending. What happens  next has not yet been revealed. It's safe to say that
you will face betrayals  and double-crosses as you earn back the money.
CONTROLS
This is pretty much all said in the manual, but I will say  it here for the
sake of my guide. They are just some common sense tips about the  game.
----------------- Controls on Foot ----------------
D-Pad or Left  Analog Stick - Move around
Right Control Stick - Look in first person  mode
Start - Pause
Select - Toggle camera view
X button - Hold to  sprint
Square button- Jump
Circle button- Fire/Use current  weapon
Triangle button - Enter/steal vehicle
L1 - Center camera
L2 -  Change weapon
L3 - Crouch
R1 - Target lock-on
R2 - Change weapon
R3 - Look back
---------------- Controls in Car ----------------
D-Pad/Left and Right Control Stick - Turn vehicle
Start - Pause
Select - Toggle camera view
X button - Accelerate
Square button -  Reverse/Stop if moving
Circle button - Drive-by
Triangle button - Exit  vehicle/Bail
L1 - Change radio station
L2 - Look left/Stick gun out the  window
L3 - Horn
R1 - Handbrake
R2 - Look right/Stick gun out the  window
R3 - Side missions (if applicable)
-------------------------------- Controls in Helicopter or Plane
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Control Stick/D-Pad Up - Move forward
Control Stick/D-Pad Down - Move backward
X button - Accelerate/Gain  height
Square button - Decrease altitude
Circle button - Fire attached  gun (if applicable)
Triangle button - Suicide bail
L2 - Turn right, hold  to spin
R2 - Turn left, hold to spin
THE POLICE
Many people  consider them as regular police. Well, I am here to prove you
wrong. They are  their own gang against you in this game. If you don't piss them
off they don't  do anything. But if you do piss them off, their whole army,
literally, will come  after you.
One Star * - This means you have pissed them off slightly. This  occurs if
you run into them, kill a person walking on the street; steal a car  right in
front of them, nothing big. Get rid of it by hiding, or just driving  around.
Two Stars ** - This means you either got in trouble and pushed your  luck
with the cops, or you ran one over. Running over a cop, and killing it mind  you,
will automatically give you 2 stars! Not good, don't do it unless you want
cops on your tail. To get rid of it, get to the Pay n' Spray or find a police
bribe to get it down to one star, and see above for information on that.
Three Stars *** - Uh oh. You better start running. Helicopters will come
after you; countless cop cars will fly at you, even roadblocks will be set up.
This is a compilation of things and it only happens unless you either want it
to  or for some reason like to run over a lot of people including cops. GET to
a PAY  N' SPRAY!
Four Stars **** - I got just one simple word. Run. In a car  though. Now you
will have the SWAT team on your butt and helicopters all around  and cars and
enforcers...it is not pretty. Usually you get this if you shoot a  helicopter
down. Pay N' Spray anybody?
Five Stars ***** - Now you are asking  for it. Getting this far is tough
anyway, now try to survive. Good luck!  Everything except a tank will after you
for whatever horrendous things you have  done. You must get to a Pay N' Spray or
you are going to die my friend!
Six  Stars ****** - This is suicide. Now tanks will come after you, shooting
you and  trying to run over you. If you know from GTA 3, if the tank touches
you, you  will explode! Obviously the missiles will make you explode also. I
highly doubt  you will survive. Pay N' Spray right away. (That rhymed!)
ASSET  PROPERTIES
You can purchase Asset Properties after Tommy's "Shakedown"  mission. These
are places in Vice City you can purchase and gain revenue. There  are many
other benefits of this, as well as the fact of getting 100% in the  game. Here are
the properties. I have had SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many e-mails  about this
so I will address it here since that's where people look I guess. To  get the
final missions, you need to buy 5 out of these 8 assets. Then you need  to
complete all of their missions. I hope this is clear.
-Boatyard
Cost:  $10,000
Location: Viceport
Revenue: Revenue is gained after you complete  the mission "Checkpoint
Charlie." Generates a maximum of $2,000 a  day.
Benefits: Free boats
-Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory
Cost:  $20,000
Location: Little Haiti
Revenue: Complete "Distribution" to get  maximum revenue of $3,000.
Benefits: Ice Cream Delivery Missions
-Kaufman Cabs
Cost: $40,000
Location: Little Haiti
Revenue:  $5,000 max per day
Benefits: 3 extra Kaufman taxi missions
-Car Showroom
Cost: $50,000
Location: Little Havana
Revenue: $9,000 max per day
Benefits: Pay N' Spray (not free thanks to JRCbase), Save House, 4 garages,
and VC racer missions.
More Information: To get more maximum income, you can  keep on getting cars
on the list and you also get a new car everytime you  complete a list. (Thanks
to Kevin)
-Pole Position
Cost: $30,000 ($600  dollars more to gain max revenue)
Location: Ocean Beach
Revenue: After  you spend an additional $600 (You have to stay in the room
with the stripper for  about 6 minutes because it takes 5 dollars every 3
seconds remember you have to  spend 600, thanks to Brenden Edwards) $4,000 max per
day. If you consistently go  in and out of the first room, the dancers will
cycle through multiple dancers,  including the white hat chick, and some girl in
red lace (Contributed by Cory  Brown) You don't have to spend the 600 bucks
all at once, I was in the back room  for a while and I thought I was in there
for the right amount of time, so I left  and it didn't say anything, then I went
back in, and hit x accidentally, then it  said I get my revenue. (Thanks to
TimDaQB14)
Benefits: ...I think you  know what the benefits are of a strip club.
More Information: If you spend  another 1000 bucks there, you will yet again
increase your income there. (Thanks  to Kevin)
Some additional tips from nick ------------------------------
Here's a tip you might want to put in your guide, is you own property like
the Vercetti estate or the strip club or anything else that will make you
money,  save several times then check the places that will make you money, it'll
have  like 10,000 dollars there or more depending how many times you  saved
NON-ASSET PROPERTIES/SAFE HOUSES
These are also properties you can  buy, but they aren't profitable. They are
used as save points. I think it is  pretty cool to have multiple save points.
I will list their price, location,  number of garages/helipads and name.
-Elswanko Casa
Location: Vice  Point, south of the North Point mall and east of the Leaf
Links North Island.
Features: 1 garage
Price: $8,000
-Links View Apartments
Location:  East of Leaf Links Island and west of the police station
Features: 1 garage
Price: $6,000
-Ocean Heights
Location: Farthest south in Ocean  Beach
Features: 1 garage
Price: $7,000
-Hyman Condo
Location:  One block east of Hyman Memorial Stadium.
Features: 3 garages and one  helipad
Price: $14,000
-1102 Washington Street
Location: Across Ken  Rosenberg's office in Washington Beach
Features: None
Price: $3,000
-3321 Vice Point
Location: Shoreline north of North Point mall.
Features: None
Price: $2,500
-Skumole Shack
Location: On the  rooftop of a building down the street and around the corner
from the Biker Bar.
Features: None
Price: $1,000
WHAT YOU NEED FOR 100%
Complete -  All Story Missions
- All Extra  Missions
-All Odd Jobs
- All 100 Hidden Packages
-  All  Rampages
- All Unique  Jumps
- All Properties Purchased
- All Stores Robbed
Rewards for getting 100% (Contributed by _MadMaxL004@aol.com_
(mailto:MadMaxL004@aol.com) ): I just completed 100%,  useful bit of info - in other
guides
it doesn't say this...when u complete 100%  u get 3 limos parked outside your
mansion, plus 200 health and armor and 3 body  guards, they await in the room
to your left when u come down the stairs from  your save point. (Contributed by
Bilbo70000) Vehicles get double health as well.  Once you get 100%, another
outfit appears at your mansion, named "Frankie." It  is a white shirt and
jeans, and the shirt says "I completed Vice City and all I  got was this lousy
T-Shirt." It is located in the upper room. (Thanks to Jesse  Procknow) I have some
quick info on the Frankie outfit you get after getting  100%, in the mid
1980's their was a band named "Frankie goes to Hollywood", they  started printing
t-shirts as a part of their marketing campaign so they wont  become a one hit
wonder w/ their song "relax". And on one of their t-shirts its  says on the
front "Frankie says" and on the back it says "relax". it looks  exactly like the
100% outfit, but with different words, this might be why they  call it
"Frankie". (Thanks to Anthony Taormina) When you complete 100% of the  game, every
weapon gets unlimited ammo. The strange thing is, if you use a  grenade with
detonator and try blowing it(after having completed 100% of the  game) the
grenade will explode, but you can't change your weapon to another but  the
detonator, and you stay with it and when you press O again nothing happens.  (Thanks
to stecious) hey, I recently got 100% and I saw in your guide it says in  the
100% completion reward section, how it says u get 3 limos parked outside  your
mansion, this is a lie, or else it hasn't happened in my game, and I have
been visiting my mansion often after I had done 100%. I would also like to point
out, that when u get 100%, a hunter is occasionally parked at the helipad
just  south of the strip club in vice city east. (Thanks to elvendale) This is
incorrect. Regardless if you have 100% or not and regardless if you have all
100  packages or not, if you beat the game, the Hunter will become available at
the  helipad at the southern most tip of the eastern island (south of the
hotel). I  have found that your odds of seeing the Hunter there are greatest if
you drive a  police vehicle there. (This includes police cars, tanks, and
everything in  between). Just thought you should know *thumbs up* (Thanks to Deymus)
I Just  wanted to point out on your FAQ, when you get 100% Completion, the
bodyguards  aren't exactly for free. I think of them more as mercenaries because
they cost  $2000 before you can press him into active duty. In case you
didn't know, they  are armed Uz-I (like other fellow allied gang members) and have
body armor cause  they stood up to 2 and sometimes even 3 shots from a Colt
Python! That's strong!  Hope you take this into account on your FAQ. (Thanks to
Victor Li)
HIDDEN  PACKAGES
There are 100 hidden packages in Vice City. I have written  down your
rewards, but not the locations. Look elsewere. ):
10 - Body Armor -  Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
20 - Chainsaw - Ocean View  Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
30 - Python - Ocean View Hotel &  Starfish Island Mansion
40 - Flamethrower - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish  Island Mansion
50 - L.S. Sniper Rifle - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish  Island Mansion
60 - Minigun - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
70 - Rocket Launcher - Ocean View Hotel & Starfish Island Mansion
80  - Sea Sparrow (w/Machine Gun)- Starfish Island Mansion's Helipad
90 - Rhino  - Fort Baxter's Air Base
100 - Hunter - Fort Baxter's Air Base
STORYLINE MISSIONS
*Ken Rosenburg*
Mission 1: "AN OLD FRIEND" Reward:  $0
Just take this time to explore if you want and when you're ready, go to  your
hotel safe house and talk to Sonny. Then a (L) blip will come on your  radar,
follow your way to that to Ken Rosenberg's office and the first mission,
that you do for money anyway.
Mission 2: "THE PARTY" Reward: $100
All  you have to do here is talk to Rosenberg and go get on your new clothes
at  Rafael's. Then make your way to the Colonel's yacht. After a lengthy cut
scene  you will need to take Cortez's daughter, Mercedes to "Pole Position",
the strip  club. After dropping her off you complete the mission. Oh, and the
Soiree Suit  is now available as a clothes change.
Mission 3: "BACK ALLEY BRAWL" Reward:  $200
First go see Kent Paul at the Malibu Club, he will inform you about a  chef.
Go meet that chef in an alleyway and slaughter him up. Doing this is  rather
easy. Then take his downed Cell-Phone. After that, you will confront  Lance,
after a scene, some chef's are chasing you around, don't bother killing  them,
just run towards Lance's car and hop in, wait for Lance to hop in and take  off
towards AmmuNation. Then return to your Hotel safe house to complete the
mission.
Mission 4: "JURY FURY" Reward: $400
After you get out of his  office, a car will speed past you and hit a guy,
and he drops a hammer. Take the  hammer and the car and head towards one of the
yellow blips on you radar. For  the first one, go to the triangle blip and you
will see a Sentinel, but no  juror. Use the hammer to smash up the car, and
the juror will come out, see the  car and flee. One down. For the next one,
follow the blip to the Ocean Beach  Restaurant. Hit him to make him go into his
vehicle, and he will crash into a  truck. Open his door, take him out, and beat
him into submission. You can also  just beat up his car and that will do the
trick. There is 400 dollars in your  pocket. Head back to Rosenberg for his
last mission.
Mission 5: "RIOT"  Reward: $1000, Coveralls available at Tooled Up, and Avery
Carrington's missions  are available
This is a difficult mission. First head over to Rafael's to  change into
overalls. Not much of a strategy can be said, just skill. The  easiest way I found
out to do was, drive a car into the gates running over most  the workers,
then drive into the back of the lot and hop in one of the vans on  the LEFT and
rapidly ram it back and forth into the other van. One will start  flaming and
park them next to each other. That will take 2 of the vans out and  now head
for the third van and drive it out of the compound area and ram it into  walls
till it flames. Let it blow and there, you have it.
Here is an  additional strategy from Zany
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Of  course get the overalls and then go to where they are rioting. See those
big box  trucks. Well steal one of those that are out on the street and then
drive it  into where the riot is. They open the gates and just let you in.
Drive over a  lot but not all of the workers. Once the gates are open the workers
will rush  the guards. Now get all of the trucks to the right side. There is a
barrel over  there u can shoot. Then run what workers are left won't like u
and what guards  are left wont like u but they will be to busy hitting each
other to hit you.
Alternate Strategy from Ben Bird --------------------------------
An  easier way to do the 'Riot' mission is as follows: (this is using the
weapon  cheat so if you don't want to use it, that's understandable. First, use
one of  the three weapons cheats (r1, r2, l1, r2, left, down, right, up, left,
down,  down, left is the best in this case). Next go to the fight scene, kill
a few  people with a weapon, then blow up the trucks with the rocket launcher
and hey  presto, there you have it.
Alternate Strategy from Robert Brown  ------------------------------------
I was just reading your guide. It's  pretty good. I have an alternate
strategy to the Riot Mission. Very simple. No  cheating. All you need is a pistol and
a bat or nightstick. Get your coverall  out fit. Go to the scene. You have to
take out 3 of the workers to start the  riot. Just pick a guy in the back and
kill him with the bat. Move on to the next  guy etc until the riot starts. AS
long as you are in the back you won't be  attacked as the riot rushes
forward. You can walk into the gate untouched once  the fighting begins. Target the
armed guard when prompted to do so and take him  out. Drive the truck that is
on the left into the empty spot beside the other  two. Walk back across the lot
and turn and you can auto target the red barrel.  Shoot it. It explodes. All
three trucks explode. At this time most of the  workers and guards have killed
one another and you get some easy money a gun  pick-ups before leaving. This
is not a difficult mission.
*Colenel  Cortez*
Mission 1: "TREACHEROUS SWINE" Reward: $250, Casual Outfit delivered  to Gash
This is a fairly easy mission. Cortez has found the person who set  you up.
Go to Gonzalez's abode and confront him. Kill his 2 guards first, and  then
chase Gonzalez on foot. Once you kill him you will have 2 wanted level  stars.
Hurry up and get in the Cheetah from the hotel's parking lot and drive to  the
Pay 'n' Spray North of you in Vice Point. After painting the car you  complete
the mission. NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THERE IS A HIDDEN PACKAGE IN HIS  HOUSE AND
IF YOU DO NOT GET IT YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN COME BACK  WITH A
HELICOPTER!!!!
Mission 2: "MALL SHOOTOUT" Reward: $500 Head to  AmmuNation and pick up some
body armor and a gun. Then head to the Washington  Mall. When you confront the
courier, the SWAT bursts in. Simply follow the  courier out of the mall,
avoiding the cops and SWAT. You will get a Level 2  Wanted Level, so they will be
after you. He will get a vehicle, most likely a  motorcycle, and take off. Hop
in a car and ram into him until he wipes out. Then  kill the guy if not dead
and take the chips from him. Before you head back to  Cortez, get to a Pay N'
Spray to rid yourself of your wanted level. Get the  chips back to Colonel and
get $500.
Mission 3: "GUARDIAN ANGELS" Reward:  $1000 This is a difficult mission.
First go get the Ruger at the car pack and  meet Lance. You two will go meet
Ricardo Diaz and make sure a drug deal doesn't  go bad. When it does, the Haiti
will take out Diaz's 2 guards and start  attacking him. Simply pick them off one
by one. If you look behind you, cars and  vans will drop more gang members
off; try to pick them off when they are being  dropped off. Lance will also yell
for help, just disregard this; the gang never  gets him, rarely. If you are
lucky enough, Diaz will survive. After those thugs  are dead, 2 Cuban gang
members on Sanchez's will swipe the money. Lance kills  one of them and knocks him
off his bike. Run over and grab the bike and follow  the other Cuban through
the alleys. Be careful and use you drive by skills to  shoot at him in front of
you. Once you knock him off the bike and kill him, grab  the money and take
it back to Diaz. Now you have him as an ally and get your  $1000 reward.
Alternate Strategy from Daniel Filipe  -------------------------------------
I've got an additional strategy  for the mission " Guardian Angels ". The
problem was too many people in my area  (Vice City is really big here) had loads
of problems with this mission, so I got  a really simple way of getting to it,
without much concern. First, to the  parking lot, get the machinegun and meet
Diaz with Lance. Then, take your  position, go up to the edge of the platform
and crouch down, draw your  machinegun and go into 1st person mode. Then the
deal will go off and the  Haitians will appear. When the first car appears,
target the driver and then  fire in a straight line to the other side and you
usually get a head shot into  the other gangster. Then another car will pop up
from behind the first. Kill the  passenger first (the other one usually gets
silenced by Diaz) and now aim for  the street. A van will appear, and the driver
will come out. Instead of killing  him, aim for the back of the van and when
the 3 guys come out, take them all  with some fast shootin'. Now go down the
stairs, and wait for the other car that  pops out from the left street to stop
there. Kill the men that come out (the  driver first) and then SOMETIMES (in
the PC version at least) another car still  appears in the right street again.
Kill both men that exit, and then that will  trigger the cut scene with the
motorbikes and the stolen money. Now here is the  trick. Get the motorbike, BUT
DONT FOLLOW THE OTHER ONE TROUGHT THE ALLEYS!  Instead, go a little back into
the road, turn left and the right and follow the  open road there. You should
catch up with the other one really soon. Now, get a  car...there's usually one
parked halfway through out the road. Get into it, and  speed up. The
motorbike will soon enter the open road and now just come out from  behind, sneak on
it, speed up, and take out the driver. Grab the money and bring  it back to
Diaz...quite simples, and you don't have to do that boring and hard  chase
through out the alleys. Hope it helps!
*Ricardo Diaz*
Mission 1:  "THE CHASE" Reward: $1000 This is another fairly easy mission if
you play it  safe. Make your way to the thug's house and look through his
window, he will see  you. Chase him to the rooftop and be quick about it. He will
fire at you in a  cut scene and that's all. Do not shoot at him. Make your way
across the rooftops  and don't fall off the narrow planks. Once he hops in
his getaway vehicle, grab  the nearby Faggio. Trail the BF Injection to the
thug's house safely and don't  worry about the thug firing at you though. Just
don't get too close. Once you  see the thug's hideout the mission is over and you
get $1000.
Mission 2:  "PHNOM PEHN '86" Reward: $2000 In this mission, you need to go
back to the  hideout that you saw at the end of the last mission. You get a ride
from a  helicopter with the pilot being "Quintin", really an alias for Lance.
You will  have an M60 (Hell yeah!) and he will stop in mid air by the hideout
so you can  kill people. Shoot all the guys in one area, and the driver will
move to the  next. Move quickly, the helicopter doesn't have unlimited health
and if the  helicopter's health is empty, then you fail the mission. A very
easy way is to  ALWAYS shoot the explosive barrels if there are any because it
will help. After  you killed all of the guys around the building, you will be
able to enter the  building as the helicopter sets you down by the door. Enter
in and shoot right  away at those guys. They can kill you pretty easily and
you don't want to mess  around with them. After you killed the guys on both
levels, head up the stairs,  kill the guard at the door, and proceed to the
rooftop. There you will find the  cash in a briefcase. When you get it, the
helicopter will pick you up again and  you will be taken back to the mansion, for a
nice price of $2000 dollars. You  get a call from Cortez after this mission, but
let's carry on with Diaz 4 the  moment.
Mission 3: "THE FASTEST BOAT" Reward: $4000 In this mission, he wants  you to
raid a dock to get a new boat that is supposedly the fastest of all the
boats. I wonder why we wants it so bad...you will see in the next mission.  Follow
the red blip to the docks in the far south part of Viceport. The boat is  in
the air because of a small crane holding it up. You need to get to the
controls and lower it. Shoot your way in and kill all the guys, and trigger the
switch to lower the boat. There will be more guys on the way to the boat, and as
soon as you enter it, you are greeted with a three star wanted level. Drive,
with your boat, back to Diaz's mansion, and try to avoid fire from the
helicopters and avoid the police boats. It isn't too difficult. Head into the  pink
circle to finish the mission. One more mission for him. I have gotten
several e-mails about the door to the boathouse with the switches for the crane
being locked. I don't remember the doors being locked, so I can't help you guys
out. I looked through other people's walkthroughs and they have the same
thing.  I don't know what is wrong, but I will try to find out. If anyone has any
idea  what I'm talking about and has the solution PLEASE E- MAIL ME so I can
answer  these people's questions.
Contributed by Thomas Finney  ----------------------------
FYI I got past it thanks for the reply from  looking around it appears to be
a glitch in the scripting.... (maybe it is  caused by cheats) I restarted the
game no problem... just you just have to start  over.
Here is a good solution from _Mrmtallica@aol.com_ (mailto:Mrmtallica@aol.com)
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This is about the "fastest  boat mission", my game also had the problem of
the boatyard doors being locked,  but I found a resourceful solution. I don't
know why they are locked in the  first place, but they were. Get a helicopter
from the place with the garages you  buy in downtown (I don't remember the name)
and take the helicopter to the  location of the boat. Land the helicopter on
top of the boat and exit the  helicopter. Then you enter the boat and it
falls, without the switch being hit.  Problem solved. Hopefully this helps.
Mission 4: "SUPPLY & DEMAND"  Reward: $10,000! Wow! 10,000 bucks! That is
awesome. But it is not an easy  mission. You have to go to a coke dealer and the
first boat there gets the  deals. That's why you have the fastest boat! This
mission is pretty tricky so be  prepared. Get into the new boat and Lance will
join you again. You will race the  others to the point to get the coke. Take
the LEFT path, not the right; the  right side has too many narrow passageways.
Carefully navigate through the  channels, but go fast enough so you don't lose
your lead. You are faster, so you  will have the lead most of the time. When
you reach the coke dealer, you get to  use the nice machine gun. Yes!
Immediately shoot at the other boats behind you,  or hopefully not in front of you.
After you kill them, or before, Lance will  tell you to shoot the guys on the
jetty. Kill them first; they can do some  pretty serious damage to your boat.
After that, a helicopter will come. Shoot  that down right away as well, because
there is an armed thug on the 'copter.  There is one more boat ahead of to
victory! I don't recommend blowing this one  up because it could damage your
boat too. Just kill the guys on the boat. Lance  will then drive you back to the
mansion for your $10,000 reward. You now get a  call from Kent Paul. What's he
goin' on about? Nothing, right? HA!!! Just you  wait................But he
butts in everwhere so lets do Cortez's  mission.
Mission 1: "SIR, YES SIR!" Reward: $2000 Ooh, this is actually  really easy.
You have to retrieve a tank and bring it back. So follow the red  blip. Once
you catch up to it, you need to block the convoy that is blocking it  and snipe
out everyone that you can. Make sure you snipe the turret! After you  do
that, do to the driver's side of the Tank, smash it open with a melee weapon,  and
man the Tank. The military will then activate the self-destruct mechanism.
That is your queue to get the hell out of there and fast. Quickly take the tank
back to the storage facility to complete the mission.
OR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you own the Hyman Condo, instead of taking it to  Cortez's
garage,
take it to yours!!!!! You have to be fast tho, 'cause the tank  still explodes.
*Kent Paul*
Mission 1: "DEATH ROW" Reward: $0 (Only money you get is  actually a lot of
money from bad guys that you kill, in fact Steve Bond reported  that he picked
up $11,000!!)-Thanks to Steve Bond. What??? No money!!We need to  rescue Lance
now, Diaz kidnapped him, that bas**rd. Be prepared to kick some ass  when you
get to the alley where the green blip tells you to go. Kill all the  guys to
avoid them when coming back through the alley. Make sure you do that!!!  Make
sure you killed the guy on the crane also. Once you leave with Lance, take
the Sentinel because if you don't that same Sentinel will be after you when you
are going to the hospital. There will still be pursuers however in the form
of  three Comets filled with enemies, so take the shortest route the hospital
possible to avoid excessive damage from the very dangerous pursuers. The
mission  will be complete when you drop Lance off. This allows you to do the next
mission.
Alternate Strategy from Michiel van Heuvelen
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After getting my car blown up  time after time by Diaz' men from ramming me,
I decided to take the dump truck  that is also on the junkyard. Now you can
slowly drive to the hospital en let  them ram you. This makes the end much more
easy. The only thing is that you have  to drive slowly, or the truck will be
tipped over in the corners.
Alternate  Strategy from Andrew Jennings
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First I  got a tank by using the cheat code. Then, when you get to the
junkyard where  Lance is being held, just run over everybody. After Lance is rescued
and in the  tank, just roll on to the hospital. You don't have to worry about
the pursures,  cause' when their cars ram the tank, they will explode.
Another Alternate  Strategy from Andrew Jennings
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First to do this mission, you will need a helicopter, sniper rifle,
rocket/bazooka launcher, a colt or another one hit kill weapon, and full health  and
body armor. Park the helicopter over in the grass or road by the Malibu, and
when the cut scene ends run get in your helicopter and go to the junkyard.
Right  before you get to the junkyard, go to a close rooftop and launch a rocket
at the  row of cars at the entrance. Then get back in your helicopter, and fly
over the  junkyard just low enough that you can see everyone, but high enough
that you  can't be shot at. You need to find a place over by the building
where Lance is  being held to put your helicopter. Find a high vantage point in
the junkyard,  like the top of the crane, and start shooting everyone with your
colt, since it  has auto aiming. After everyone is out, go to the cut scene
with Lance and get  in the helicopter and just fly to the hospital. Now you
don't have to worry  about the pursuers putting you out.
Alternate Strategy from Andreas Blankert
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When I did the "Guardian Angel"  mission, right when it ended and you see
Diaz drive off, run towards the road,  his car should be in the middle of it,
empty and doors unlocked. Just grab it  and drive it to one of your garages. This
car is bullet, fire, damage and  explosion proof, so there is nothing, except
for flipping over maybe, and that  can damage this car. I took this car and
saved Lance by just running over Diaz'  men and did drive-by shootings with my
Uzi.
Alternate Strategy from bendman  -------------------------------
I get around by motorcycles all the  time, so when I started this mission I
had a motorcycle. I was already loaded  from previous missions, and it was
timed by Lance's health, so I was in a hurry.  When I turned down the straightaway
that leads to the 1 car roadblock, I went as  fast as I could and jumped off
the back when I was about 40' from the guy by the  car. I already had my Uzi
out, so as soon as I hit the ground I wasted them. Now  I shoot the guy running
up from the docks, and shoot about 4 people on my way up  a ramp thing about
50' in the air. From here I take out everybody with my  assault rifle. Now I
go back and get my bike from where it crashed by the car,  and run over the guy
guarding lance, then I take off with lance on the bike. If  you usually get
around by bike in VC, dodging Diaz's men on the way back is  easy, just swerve
a lot and outrun them.
*Tommy and Lance*( well its not  really a Diaz mission)
Mission 1: "RUB OUT" Reward: DIAZ'S  MANSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And not to
mention $50,000!!
Well, if you do this  mission, the reward pretty much pays for the last 2
missions. Your mission is  basically to "rub out" Diaz as payback for kidnapping
Lance. It starts outside  Diaz's mansion on a pink marker. Lance will drive up
and show you his weapons in  his trunk. Cool. Make sure you have full armor
and health because you will need  it. Use your M-16 in first person to target
and shoot the guards at the  entrance. But it is locked! No fear, head around
the west side and enter there.  Head through the maze in the bushes, killing
everyone in your way and entering  the mansion. Climb up the stairs to get to
the second floor and to reach Diaz's  lair. You will have to fight Diaz along
with several other guards. Be careful  and watch your health, and eventually you
will prevail. Diaz isn't that tough.  After you kill him you will have
control of this huge mansion! Sweeeeeeeetttt!
Lets go and do Cortez's last mission
Mission 2: "ALL HANDS ON DECK"  Reward: $5000 Lots of money for this one. It
is an escort mission, and those are  never easy. But it is by boat, and you
will be ambushed on all sides of the  boat. They are the French military trying
to get their chips back. You won't let  them will you? You need to kill
everyone who tries to attack the boat. After you  kill the boats to the side of you,
there will be a bunch of ships blocking you  from the front. Unload on them
also. When the helicopters arrive, you MUST  destroy them. If you don't guys
will board the boat FOREVER, until you destroy  the helicopters. Finally, an
Apache shows up. Uh oh. This helicopter will start  unloading bullets at the
ship. Just keep firing at the ship and eventually it  will come down. There are
health and bullets icons on the upper deck, just in  case. If you haven't
destroyed all of the ships blocking the yacht, do that now.  Then the colonel will
sail away. $5000 dollars! Yay! That was your last mission  for Cortez, I would
suggest doing some side missions and getting some property.  But, I will
continue on with the missions.
*Tommy Vercetti*
Mission 1:  "SHAKEDOWN" Reward: $2,000, and all assets are now purchasable
Now that you have  Diaz's mansion, it is time to start taking over Vice City.
These next few for  Tommy will be self-started, and going to the roof will start
them. For this  mission, you are going to go to a mall and send a message to
some shops by  busting all of their windows. Sounds easy? Well, you will have
to deal with the  cops as well, so it isn't as easy as it sounds. After you
enter the mall, the  purple blips will indicate the stores you need to destroy.
Only when the purple  blips go away, you know that you have completed it. A
good strategy is if the  cops are on your trail, go into the store that needs to
be destroyed, and the  cops will start shooting the glass, doing the work for
you. Once you destroy all  of the glass windows, you will have completed the
mission, but you will have a  wanted level of 5. But it goes after you've done
it anyway.
Alternate  Strategy from Jonathan Plaster
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I  have a different strategy for "the shakedown" mission. It takes a little
more  preparation but I think that it's much easier during the mission. Before
the  mission go and get a motorcycle, (I used the PCJ 600 but anyone would
probably  do) and put it in your garage at your mansion. Also stock up on a gun
that you  can use while on the motorcycle and get plenty of ammo for it. Now
start your  mission and get your motorcycle out of your garage drive to the mall
and drive  through the front doors. Once inside you can drive around to the
blips and while  on the motorcycle use the L2 or R2 button along with the O
button to shoot out  the windows while riding. This way you can get from area to
area quicker and you  don't sustain a lot of damage to your health this way,
and it also makes it  easier for you to escape after the mission.
Mission 2: "BAR BRAWL" Reward:  $4000 Once you go to the marker, take the men
that you get for this mission to  the yellow blip on the map and you will see
some guys out in front. Take care of  them easily by running the over or
doing drive-bys. BTW, the point of the  mission is to get into the Front Page bar
and find out who is supplying their  guards. After you kill the guards
outside, go inside to the pink marker and the  owner will tell you where they come
from. Then a timer starts, don't you just  love timers? It will give you 5
minutes to kill all of the targets, and it is  not an easy task. You have to go to
the security headquarters in Washington  Beach to kill the rest. I would
suggest the alley next to it. It has some stairs  so you can snipe them all, or
throw some bombs at them. Once you kill all of the  guys in the parking lot, the
last two guys will flee on their motorcycles.  Follow them and use the nearby
police bribe if needed. Hit them off of their  bikes and run them over in the
time limit to complete the mission. Pretty hard  eh? Only one more mission
for...you.
Alternate strategy from Jake Tomlin  -----------------------------------
In return I've got another strategy for  the Bar Brawl mission. Before you go
to kill the guys outside the bar go and get  your car rigged with a bomb by 8
Ball (his shop is down near the port, it's  marked on the map.) Then go and
kill the guards by the bar, speak to the manger,  and drive your car to the
security firm. You've got two choices, either aim the  car for the entrance and
bail out, or just drive it in, get out and run away.  When you're a safe
distance then blow the bomb. All those baddies with the  assault rifles are smudges
on the ground. Admittedly, so are your two thugs,  but, hey, they knew the
risks, right?
Alternate Strategy from Andreas  Blankert
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An even easier way to  finish this mission without preparation is just go
talk to the manager and then  drive north up the same road and turn left where
the blip is. Stop across the  street and check out their entrance with all the
men standing with pink arrows  above them. Simply fire one rocket in there and
done... If one survives, just go  in there and shoot him. Alternative option
is throw a hand grenade or a Molotov  cocktail in there. If you completed the
fire truck mission and you're fireproof  it's even easier. Then just grab a car
and follow the bikers and ram them and  run over them to finish the job.
Mission 3: "COPLAND" Reward: $10,000, then  $5,000 forever, see the bottom of
this mission for details. Haha, this is a  tough mission. At least there is
no timer right? But it is definitely hard  anyway. One of your men has screwed
up a bombing and you need to cover it up. So  you think up an intricate plan
and that involves changing into a cop's uniform.  To do that, do anything to
get a wanted level. The easiest would be to run into  their car or run over a
lot of people. Then, head towards your garage, marked by  a yellow blip on your
radar, and have the cops follow you into the garage. You  need at least 2 cops
for you and Lance to change into. Once you get 2 cops in  the garage with
you, the door will close, and then open with you and Lance in  police uniforms.
Cool. Now head over to the mall in the police car parked  outside which is
behind the short wall, and follow the pink marker to find it in  the Tarbrush
cafe. That is where you will plant the bomb. As soon as you enter  the pink
marker, dash out as fast as you can. The bomb detonates after 5  seconds, and
appropriately your wanted level reaches a small level 5. Level  5?!?! Holy crap! Get
out of there as fast as possible and get in your car and  drive like you
never drove before. The small, speedy, and deadly Vice cop cars  will be after
you, and try to get to your mansion as fast as possible. If your  car catches on
fire, bail out but don't go towards the cops and don't run in the  middle of a
street where a high speed FBI car can kill you. Just a little advice  to help
you out. Once you reach the mansion, the mission will be complete. The  cool
part about this is that you will find a $5,000 icon on the front porch of
your mansion. It regenerates once every day. That's pretty cool huh. (thanks to
_Mixedbag101@aol.com_ (mailto:Mixedbag101@aol.com)  for a  correction)
_CactusJack225@aol.com_ (mailto:CactusJack225@aol.com)  had a way of
escaping easier and it really works well.
"When you are leaving the mall,  there is a lower area just outside the doors
of the coffee place. Down there is  a cop bribe that u can get fairly easily.
Thus, you avoid the FBI and have a  relatively easy time escaping just 4
stars then you would 5."
Additional  Strategy from Doug -----------------------------
Here is a near  sure-fire way to beat copland easily. As soon as you start
the mission at your  mansion, go up to the roof and get the helicopter. Fly it
down in front of the  mansion. If Lance didn't follow you up to the roof, or
he's not in front of the  mansion when you land, then go inside the mansion to
get him. Once Lance is  outside, get inside the helicopter and make sure Lance
gets in as well. Then,  fly over to the mall. There is an entrance on the side
of the mall (it's the one  that's closest to the store you need to plant the
bomb in). To the side of this  entrance there is an area where you can land
the helicopter (it's the area where  you can get the police star). Once you've
successfully landed your helicopter  down there, go about the mission as usual:
get a car, get 2 stars, get in the  garage, get the cops uniforms, get the
police car that's next to the garage and  drive over to the mall. Before you go
in the mall, park your car on that side  entrance (the one which is closest to
where you need to plant the bomb) make  sure your car is in facing down the
ramp so that you can easily drive down the  ramp to get to the helicopter once
the bomb has blown. Once you've gone in the  mall and planted the bomb, run